Ufo Encounter

January 31, 1985|By Margo Harakas, Staff

Back in 1962, Betty and Barney Hill were a happily anonymous couple. That is until they took a fateful journey down a dark and lonely backwoods road in New Hampshire. Before the night was over, the couple would lose two hours of their lives.

It was only after recurring nightmares and a succession of visits to a psychiatrist that the couple was finally able to account for the disappearing time. Under hypnosis, the story that John Fuller would later retell in Interrupted Journey eventually emerged: Betty and Barney Hill had been taken aboard a UFO and medically examined.

Barney has since died, but Betty is still sought out by UFO researchers. And she`ll be on hand Saturday and Sunday when the Florida Society for Psychical Research Inc., presents ``A Weekend Exploration into the UFO Phenomenon.``

Scheduled is an impressive line-up of speakers including psychiatrists, a physicist, an electrical engineer and Budd Hopkins, author of Missing Time.

Those interested may attend all or just part of the weekend activities. Cost is $55 for the full weekend ($45 for pre-registration), $22 for half a day; $6 for the evening lectures. The center is located at 2005 Jackson St., Hollywood. For information call 920-4623.